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3. From 1962 to October 1968, he was responsible for and directed the activ- 
ities of the Research Division of Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock 
Company and specifically the program of investigating the technical and eco- 
nomie feasibility of deep ocean manganese nodule mining as conducted by that 
Company, during which time he served in the capacity of Director of Research 
and Assistant to the President (among other responsibilities) with continuous 
control over said ocean mining program and was responsible for planning, oper- 
ations, budgeting and obtaining corporate support during the conduct of said 
program. 
4. He prepared the documentation and directed the transfer of the interest of 
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company to Deepsea Ventures, Inc., 
a Delaware Corporation, having its principal place of business in Gloucester 
County, Virginia, U.S.A., in September of 1968, during which month both com- 
panies became subsidiaries of Tenneco, Inc., a Delaware Corporation having its 
principal place of business in Houston, Texas, U.S.A. The assets of said ocean 
mining program including, but not limited to, the Research Vessel PROSPEC- 
TOR, the trip reports, engineering reports, designs, notebooks, files and rights to 
the patents developed prior to said transfer date, were transferred from New- 
port News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company to Deepsea Ventures, Inc., along 
with certain personnel knowledgeable in the technical and business aspects of 
the program. , 
5. From October 7, 1968, until this date, he has served as President of Deepsea 
Ventures, Inc., and directed the continuation and expansion of the transferred 
program to prove the technical and economic feasibility of deep ocean mining, 
said program including the prospecting and exploration of the deep ocean floor of 
the Pacific Ocean, the development and testing of components and mining sys- 
tems, and the development and testing of processes for winning the metals from 
manganese nodules, and he directed the preparation of summary resources data, 
engineering reports, filing of patent applications, and the economic analysis of a 
proposed commercial deep ocean mining system. 
6. As a result of the foregoing activities, attention was concentrated in the 
California Seamount area of the Clarion Fracture Zone of the Baja California 
Oceanographic Province, identified during cruises of R/V PROSPECTOR (owned 
by Deepsea’s predecessor in interest) during August 1964 and April/May 1965. 
Further cruises based thereon resulted, on August 31, 1969, at 1820 local time, 
in recovery of a particularly significant grab sample of nodules from a station 
at 15°28’ N. Latitude 125°00.5’ W. Longitude. Survey activity on this cruise con- 
‘tinued as far south as 15°12.5’ N., 125°02’ W. 
7. Since August 31, 1969, further surveys during 16 cruises, of three to four 
weeks duration each, have further defined the extent of the deposit discovered on 
that date. These activities included the taking of some 294 discrete samples, in- 
cluding the bulk dredging of some 164 tons of manganese nodules from some 263 
dredge stations, 28 core stations and three grab sample stations, cutting of some 
28 cores, approximately 1,000 lineal miles of survey of sea floor recorded by tele- 
vision and still photography, etc. As a result, the deposit of nodules (hereinafter 
‘“Deposit”) identified with the discovery has been proved to extend generally 
throughout the entire area encompassed by lines drawn as follows: 
From: (1) Latitude 15°44’ N., Longitude 124°20’ W. A line drawn West to: 
(2) Latitude 15°44’ N., Longitude 127°46’ W. And thence South to: (8) Lati- 
tude 14°16’ N., Longitude 127°46’ W. and thence Hast to: (4) Latitude 14° 
16’ N., Longitude 124°20’ W. And thence North to the point of origin includ- 
ing approximately 60,000 square kilometers, lying on the seabed of the abys- 
sal ocean, in water depths between 2,300 to 5,000 meters. This Deposit is 
some 1,300 kilometers from the nearest continental margin, and some 1,000 
kilometers from the nearest island. 
8. Principal characteristics of the Deposit, based upon data acquired to date, 
are: 
Average Assay, percent (dry weight) : 
Manganese Aas. 4 20) berlee 2 eet cell p co eel es erent 29. 0 
Nickel 2.9.9.2 esspsy 00 oi nd tet fee. cones} Be got apt adie ye ae 1. 28 
Coppertt a4 Se zoluces 2001 _sedoty)_o) LAR) edoegine. sere? — ees 1. 07 
Cobalt e401. as aurplall a ae orcs) Ying Va OF ieegs ype ae Boh B 25 
Tron: 2-2 A BD ete bY) pepe dec pe} eeepc sd fy _aoceteg Bn 6.3 
Average population: \(percent)io 2. eee 30—40 
Average concentration (wet) kg/meter’) ___--_------------------------ 9.7 
